'Five Below' Teen & Tween Shop Opens Friday

Five Below, a shop offering a variety of merchandise geared toward teens and tweens, will open Friday in Johns Creek. The company will celebrate its grand opening with giveaways and freebies through the weekend.

The shop is located in Johns Creek Village shopping center at 11720 Medlock Bridge Road and will join six other stores in the metro area:

• Marketplace at Millcreek at 1600 Mall of Georgia Blvd., Buford
• Cumming Town Center at 2265 Market Place Blvd., Cumming
• Town Center Commons at 667 Ernest W. Barrett Pkwy., Kennesaw
• Perimeter Pointe at 1155 Mount Vernon Hwy., Atlanta
• Camp Creek Marketplace at 3612 Marketplace Blvd., East Point
• Hiram Pavilion at 4904 Jimmy Lee Smith Pkwy., Hiram

Five Below offers an assortment of trendy merchandise, including fashion accessories, nail polish, cell phone and tablet accessories, video games, toys and games, arts and crafts, and fitness equipment – all priced at $5 and below.

“The opening of these seven Atlanta-area stores represents our second major market expansion this year,” says Tom Vellios, co-founder and CEO of Five Below. “In April, we opened four stores in St. Louis, and we opened our 200^th location just a few weeks ago. With these new stores we are expanding the geographic reach of our retail model to bring great value to more consumers across the U.S.”

To celebrate the grand openings, each new store will be giving away prizes, including free Five Below T-shirts to the first 300 customers to make a purchase and a $100 Five Below shopping spree to one customer. Five-cent hot dogs and other giveaways will also be available.

Five Below’s hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.